Irresponsible visitors causing fire incidents in Margalla Hills
Islamabad
May 28, 2021
Islamabad: The issue of the irresponsible attitude of the visitors still needs to be addressed strictly as cigarette butt has caused another fire incident in the heart of the Margalla Hills National Park (MHNP).
According to the details shared by the office of the Deputy Commissioner Islamabad, the pieces of evidence collected from the site showed that a visitor threw a burning cigarette butt into the woods that caused the fire in the forest area.
The staff members of the Islamabad Wildlife Management Board (IWMB) stated that fire incident happened near popular Jungle Spot adjacent to the Zoo area and it was a difficult terrain due to which they faced hardships in controlling the fire. They pointed out that it was quite unfortunate incident as large numbers of nests of bird species were also severely affected by smoke and fire.